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StillOutThere
Posted 2016-11-03 4:05 PM (#525188)
Subject: '56 Dodge RH side mirror



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The 1956 Dodge side view mirrors that are on top of the "saddle" trim at the sides of the cowl.   If you want to add a right hand mirror, do you just drill the trim to mount it or is that trim a different casting to begin with?    Wanting to add the second mirror on a car that came with only the one on the driver's side.   This is pic of the driver's side.  Thanks.





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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2016-11-03 10:06 PM (#525228 - in reply to #525188)
Subject: RE: '56 Dodge RH side mirror



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Location: Parts Unknown		Are you sure that is the correct location ??? I don't remember mine being
mounted ON the trim. Am I having a senior moment ?
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56D500boy
Posted 2016-11-03 10:58 PM (#525232 - in reply to #525228)
Subject: RE: '56 Dodge RH side mirror



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Doctor DeSoto - 2016-11-03 10:06 PM Are you sure that is the correct location ??? I don't remember mine being
mounted ON the trim. Am I having a senior moment ?


Senior moment.



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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2016-11-04 12:13 AM (#525236 - in reply to #525232)
Subject: RE: '56 Dodge RH side mirror



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Location: Parts Unknown		That's a beautiful old see-dan ! Now I am wondering .... are the mirrors
tha same as the common direct fender-mount jobs, or is the base different ?
I bought a pair of NOS ones for my D500 wagon, but sold the car and figured
I'd use them on the 58 Plaza. I am sure they fit the direct fender-mount
application, but looking at Wayne's pic, the base looks different.
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Chrycoman
Posted 2016-11-04 3:59 AM (#525248 - in reply to #525188)
Subject: Re: '56 Dodge RH side mirror



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Dodge had trim for the front fenders with (1645 862-3) or without mirrors (1656 506-7)

The mirrors are listed only for the Dodge front fender trim - 1656 104-5.

Can't tell if the mirrors can be used without the trim.

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StillOutThere
Posted 2016-11-04 9:35 AM (#525265 - in reply to #525188)
Subject: Re: '56 Dodge RH side mirror



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Location: Under the X in Texas		Thanks so much Bill. So the answer is that to add a right side view mirror, in the proper position (on the trim), requires both a unique piece of trim AND a unique mirror..

I'm sure the new car parts and service departments weren't happy about that. Sales had ordered showroom inventory cars without the right mirror to keep the sticker price down. The buyer wanted another mirror on the passenger side. The parts department had to keep a quantity of trim pieces that fit one place and mirrors that have no other application. And then the shop had to loosen the fender at the door to get to the area to R&R the trim piece and mount the mirror. And then get the fender sheet metal properly alighned flush with the door again. WOW. Had to be a real pain!

And even worse for the hobbyist 60 years on.to find the unique trim, the unique mirror, perhaps get both plated, and go through the labor. But OH, isn't it a very special placement of an option as part of the special '56 Dodges like no other vehicle I can think of in the era.
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StillOutThere
Posted 2016-11-13 7:09 PM (#526160 - in reply to #525188)
Subject: Re: '56 Dodge RH side mirror



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Location: Under the X in Texas		Took the right hand side mirror off a '56 Dodge today. As expected had to loosen the fender to get up in there. Only TWO very small studs hold the "saddle" casting on the fender. At the rear of the base of the mirror is a Phillips screw to hold it to a post riveted to the saddle. There are four holes in the fender but two are not used.



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